Civil engineering career changes

[ThroughGraceAlone]

Hi All,
I'm after advice. My husband is a civil engineer, working in consulting. He's miserable. Utterly miserable. Hates the job, it's uninteresting with high levels of stress. The pay is not great and he works ridiculous hours. He would work 2 days through ( so go to work on Monday - work through Monday night - work Tuesday and then we'll only see him Tuesday night.) From what we can gather this is consulting for you. Very demanding, yet low pay. He wants to just quit, but he's on a skilled worker visa so can;t just for example quit and do something with low stress like gardening).
Does anyone have any ideas on how to pivot into something else? Or what did you do?
I'm scared he'll drive into a ditch. He literally sees no way out. (he's the breadwinner - I'm at home with the kids) I feel like he should quit and we'll figure something out, because we cannot function like this. But he only has 60 days to find something else (a sponsored job) once he quits other wise he has to leave the country. (The kids and I are British citizens)

I'm surprised to hear that you think consulting is low pay - it certainly can be long hours but the rewards are usually generous. I think maybe his employer is taking the piss as he's on a skilled worker visa.

His working hours sound illegal if he's working from Mon morning through to Tues evening:

https://www.gov.uk/rest-breaks-work

Since you're a British citizen @ThroughGraceAlone is there some reason why he hasn't applied for a spouse visa so he's no longer tied to his employer for a sponsored work visa? Does he have leave to remain? Could you work and he stays home with the kids instead?

I work in consulting (not civil engineering) and we no longer sponsor visas. Same for a number of organisations I've worked for.

If we apply for a spousal visa (which I agree would be ideal), then his time towards ILR/citizenship starts again. So then he starts at 0 again. I have a 10 month old, so for know would just like to finish breastfeeding at around a year. And also ideally we would like him to advance his career.